When people talk about ketogenic diet, the first thought that comes to their mind is that they will have to consume a lot of non-vegetarian food items in order to fulfill the protein requirement. That is however not true. At our center, we treat a many vegetarian patients. We use Soya products for vegetarians such […]
Hello Everyone, Dr. Nathan & Team is delighted to announce that our research article- ‘ *Dietary Therapy in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: A Case Report’* has been published in renowned journal- Cureus on 7th August 2019 which is also indexed on Pubmed. To read the article in detail, please click on the link below:- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31428547 […]
Hello everyone, As discussed in our previous breaking news post, today we will look at the role of the ketogenic diet and its effect on microbiota. The gut-microbiota plays an important role in regulating the host physiology. Perturbations in the gut- microbiota has been observed in neuropsychiatric diseases such as autism, anxiety, depression etc. Recent […]
Now that we have looked at the gut brain axis anatomy and physiology let us turn to the relationship to epilepsy. Anecdotal evidence has been around and several patients’ complain that constipation is a seizure trigger. However there is some research proof to this observation. Constipation induced by loperamide and clinidum caused a decrease in […]
The gut-brain axis “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” ― Hippocrates 2400 BC (Before Christ) or 2400 BCE (Before Common Era) Hippocrates – the father of medicine – how erudite! The same Hippocrates who said that epilepsy can be cured by fasting and this method proved to be the precursor of the […]
Hello Everyone, We would like to share recipes made by our patients and our Dietician Saima Shaikh with Keto basket products. Sevai Phirni from Keto Basket Sevai by one of our patient Ingredients:- Keto basket Sevai Almond milk Cashewnuts Amway Nutrilite powder Ghee Cardamom powder Nutmeg Powder Sugarfree Natura pellets Method of Preparation:- Heat ghee […]
Hello everyone, Keto tiffins are popular among teens for weight loss. Ketogenic diet is highly individualised and is calculated and given to epilepsy or cancer patients. Preparing keto tiffins for ketogenic diet is difficult as the amount of ingredients to be used are in specific quantities and as per patient’s calculation. So Dr. J. Nathan […]
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Nathan and team had submitted 3 abstracts and all 3 got selected for poster presentations. They were also selected as best and exciting posters in IEC 2019. Out of these 2 research presentations – P077 and P225 will be published in Epilepsia Journal in month of November […]
The KD has many different actions making it a versatile therapy in seemingly diverse disorders. Epilepsy, the original indication ruled the KD world for almost a century. In the last decade its range has widened to include the cancers and neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Another target of its action has been […]
Hello everyone ,We would like to share a video on demonstration of Keto pizza recipe made by our Keto Chef – Saritha Sundari Subramaniam,She owns a baking business, her baking venture is called “The Baker’s Nook”.Location:Annanagar West Extension, Chennai. Recipe ingredients are given by Dietician as per our patient’s calculation which are as follows:-A 65 […]